Grey hair?

[Courtney]

Hi everyone.

Just curious. Have any of you here in the "over fifty" group noticed little grey or white hairs disappearing after staying raw and exercising consistently? Someone told me yesterday that the raw diet actually reversed her grey hair.

If this is true, it would also be interesting to speculate on the actual metabolic process. What is it that causes hair to go grey in the first place?

Thanks.

Courtney

[Bethanie]

I've started taking copper and eating more greens and i chew on wheat grass each day.
I read on another post that parsley helps so i purchase some last night and mixed it with avocado and tomatoes.
I'm also going to start juicing it with other greens and celery and kiwi fruit
my creation.
I've noticed that around my temple area i see tiny black hairs growing so i'm hoping everything i'm doing is helping.
I have also noticed that my hair is slowly growing a bit so i'm very happy about that.
B.

[Pilgrim]

The follicles at the root of the hair shaft stop producing melanin, which is what gives us our hair color. My theory is that the body runs out of enzymes and starts pulling them out of other places. In other words it takes enzymes to color our hair, but if we need those enzymes to digest our cooked food or to help us with something more important than hair color the body pulls those enzymes away to use them.

Enzymes are needed for everything the body does, from digesting food, to walking, everything. So maybe if we eat 100% raw, and our body is healing itself, there might be some extra enzymes to go back to the hair follicle and produce color again.

That's pretty garbled, sorry.

[Veganforlife]

Victoria Boutenko discusses this in her book. I don't have it here w/me, but in her "Green for Life" she does talk about it...

[Veganforlife]

The follicles at the root of the hair shaft stop producing melanin, which is what gives us our hair color. My theory is that the body runs out of enzymes and starts pulling them out of other places. In other words it takes enzymes to color our hair, but if we need those enzymes to digest our cooked food or to help us with something more important than hair color the body pulls those enzymes away to use them.

Enzymes are needed for everything the body does, from digesting food, to walking, everything. So maybe if we eat 100% raw, and our body is healing itself, there might be some extra enzymes to go back to the hair follicle and produce color again.

That's pretty garbled, sorry.

When one eats cooked/processed/altered foods, you are eating foods that have NO enzymes so your body has to use it's supply instead of being able to use them for healing purposes. I guess you could say we "run out" of enzymes. That's why eating raw is so healing...

[Pilgrim]

Exactly. We replenish the enzymes and if we have enough that aren't needed for deep healing, other things happen, like a return to natural hair color, something I'm hoping for. :)

[Courtney]

Thanks!

I tell you what. I will check in again in, say, one month, and you tell me where those grey hairs disappeared to.

Or, shall we set up a new folder on Before-After Shots for hair alone, maybe entitled "Hair Yesterday, Gone Today"? (Sorry, couldn't resist).

Courtney

[cherries]

I've started taking copper and eating more greens and i chew on wheat grass each day.
B.

I've been reading about copper recently and you have to be very careful with supplementing with copper as it can cause all kinds of problems. You can easily get your RDA of copper from nuts: 1 Tbsp of sesame seeds has 40% of the RDA of copper, 1Tbsp of flax has 12%, 1 oz of pumpkins seeds (142 seeds) has 115%, 1 almond has 1%, 1 oz of pinenuts (167 kernels) has 41%.

http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/co...y_syndrome.htm
Excess copper interferes with zinc, a mineral needed to make digestive enzymes. Too much copper also impairs thyroid activity and the functioning of the liver.

http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/adrenal_burnout.htm
When the adrenals are weak, copper builds up in the body. Elevated copper enhances emotions. Panic attacks, bipolar disorder, mood swings and schizophrenia are related to copper imbalance.

[Marin Mom]

Mine disappear into the trash can!

[GoingtoRAW]

When I first started on the raw path I went through major detox and most of my gray hair turned back to its natural color (black), and the new hair that grows in is coming in black. I love it. I had a lot gray, and it was ugly and dull so I was extremely happy and surprised when it went away. I have very little gray hair now - you have to look to find it.:)

[shashibala]

Wow Goingtoraw! You give me hope! That's awesome!

[GoingtoRAW]

Wow Goingtoraw! You give me hope! That's awesome!

I tell you it was the most bizzare and unexpected (and wonderful) thing. It all started about 2 yrs. ago. I had been going so gray for years and it just reversed itself. I am a happy camper!

[dewy11]

how long have you been raw when you started to notice your natural color retun

[michigan roman]

ive read in several herbals that the herb sage applied externally helps .

[lafsalot]

I'm 54 and still no noticeable greys (beore or after raw), so really can't help you out. Think I took after my father's side of the family - none of them did either.

Cathy